- Minnesota State Highway 27
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Trunk Highway 27 Route information Maintained by Mn/DOT Length: 247.623 mi[2] (398.511 km) Existed: 1933[1] – present Major junctions West end: MN 28 near Browns Valley
U.S. 75 at Wheaton
I-94, MN 29 at Alexandria
U.S. 71, MN 287 at Long Prairie
U.S. 10 at Little Falls
MN 25 at Pierz
U.S. 169 at Onamia
MN 47 at Isle
East end: I-35 near Moose Lake
Location Counties: Traverse, Grant, Douglas, Todd, Morrison, Mille Lacs, Kanabec, Aitkin, Carlton Highway system Minnesota Trunk Highways
Interstate • U.S. • State
Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes← MN 26
MN 28 →
Minnesota State Highway 27 is a highway in west-central and east-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 28 in Browns Valley and continues east to its eastern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 35 in Moose Lake.
For part of its route (23 miles), Highway 27 runs concurrent with State Highway 65 in Kanabec and Aitkin counties.
Highway 27 is 248 miles (399 km) in length.
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Route description
State Highway 27 serves as an east–west route between Browns Valley, Wheaton, Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Mille Lacs Lake, and Moose Lake.
The western terminus for Highway 27 is its intersection with State Highway 28 in Browns Valley, near the Minnesota - South Dakota state line at the Little Minnesota River.
The Sam Brown Monument State Wayside Park is located at the western terminus of Highway 27 in Browns Valley.
Highway 27 crosses the Broadway Bridge at the Mississippi River in Little Falls.
Charles A. Lindbergh State Park is located immediately west of Little Falls on Highway 27.
Father Hennepin State Park is located on Highway 27 at the southeast corner of Mille Lacs Lake, one mile (1.6 km) west of Isle.
Highway 27, together with Highway 65, passes through the Solana State Forest in Aitkin County.
History
Most of State Highway 27 was authorized in 1933.
The original route of Highway 27 between State Highway 65 and State Highway 47 was over what is now State Highway 18; original designation of the current Highway 27 between these routes was previously old State Highway 66 until 1963.
Easternmost section of Highway 27 was previously old U.S. 61 through Moose Lake.
The section of Highway 27 southwest of Mille Lacs Lake was still gravel in 1940. The segments east of Isle were gravel into the 1950s, and the last segment east of State Highway 65 was not paved until the 1970s.
Major intersections
County Location Mile[3][4][2] Destinations Notes Traverse Folsom Township 0.000 MN 28
Lake Valley Township 17.551 MN 117
Wheaton 24.007 US 75
North end of US 75 concurrency 24.108 US 75
South end of US 75 concurrency Grant Herman 40.957 MN 9
Roseville Township 49.160 MN 54
54.167 US 59
Hoffman 58.291 MN 55
Douglas La Grand Township 73.666 MN 114
72.615 I-94
Alexandria 78.879 MN 29
South end of MN 29 overlap 80.985 MN 29
North end of MN 29 overlap Osakis 92.200 MN 127
Kandiyohi Round Prairie Township 105.191 US 71
South end of US 71 overlap Long Prairie US 71: 186.166 MN 287
111.329 US 71
North end of US 71 overlap Morrison Culdrum Township 123.234 MN 28
West end of MN 28 overlap Pike Creek Township 133.330 MN 238
Mississippi River 135.257-135.361 Broadway Bridge, east end of MN 28 overlap Morrison Little Falls 136.672-136.761 US 10
Interchange Genola 148.071 MN 25
South end of MN 25 overlap Buh Township 152.081 MN 25
North end of MN 25 overlap Mille Lacs Onamia 175.634 US 169
South end of US 169 overlap South Harbor Township 178.306 US 169
North end of US 169 overlap Isle 188.445 MN 47
North end of MN 47 overlap Isle Harbor Township 190.615 MN 47
South end of MN 47 overlap Kanabec Ford Township 194.248 MN 65
South end of MN 65 overlap Aitkin Williams Township MN 65: 88.854 MN 18
Rice River Township 221.259 MN 65
North end of MN 65 overlap Carlton Silver Township 240.765 MN 73
West end of MN 73 overlap Moose Lake 245.545 MN 73
East end of MN 73 overlap Moose Lake Township 247.182-247.371 I-35
Interchange, southbound entrance and northbound exit 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Concurrency terminus • Closed/Former • Incomplete access • UnopenedReferences
- ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r26-50.htm#27. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
- ^ a b "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 1" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 20, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d1.pdf. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
- ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 4" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d4.pdf. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
- ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 3" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d3.pdf. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
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